GLAMORGAN all-rounder Jim Allenby has won the prestigious Wetherell Award from The Cricket Society for being the leading all-rounder in English first-class cricket in 2012.

GLAMORGAN all-rounder Jim Allenby has won the prestigious Wetherell Award from The Cricket Society for being the leading all-rounder in English first-class cricket in 2012.

During last summer, Jim scored 733 first-class runs at an average of 40.72, besides taking 42 first-class wickets at just 23 runs apiece.

Besides being Glamorgan’s leading wicket-taker, Allenby also posted two centuries in the LV=County Championship, with hundreds against Essex at Colchester and Kent at The Swalec Stadium.

At the end-of-season Players’ Awards in September 2012, Jim received the club’s player of the year award.

His outstanding all-round efforts for the Welsh county have now seen him succeed Chris Woakes, of Warwickshire and England, who was the recipient of the award in 2011.

Allenby also follows in the footsteps of Robert Croft who won the Wetherell Award in 2004.

“I am extremely delighted that my efforts with both bat and ball for Glamorgan last summer have been recognised in this way,” said Allenby, who is currently in Western Australia preparing for the new season.

“I’m very honoured to receive this award from The Cricket Society.”

Allenby will receive the award from Sir Tim Rice at the Society’s Spring Dinner in London on March 22.

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